Video Tutorials
Helix Energy Partners
Free Helix Energy Partners videos available on Youtube. Complete playlist is here.
English Language
Core Instructional Videos
- Building Energy Modeling in OpenStudio**
Portuguese Language
- Construindo modelagem de energia no OpenStudio**
NRELOpenStudio
- Building Energy Modeling in OpenStudio**
| Name of Video | Date Published | Subject | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (Introduction & Interactive PDF) | - | - | This video gives you an introduction to the interactive PDF for OpenStudio 0.8.0. |
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (SketchUp Plugin - Building Envelope) | - | - | This video shows you how to choose a template, create your building envelope, add fenestration, and to set boundary conditions and thermal connections between spaces. This video uses the OpenStudio SketchUp plugin. |
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (SketchUp Plugin - Space Types and Thermal Zones) | - | - | This video shows you how to assign space types, thermal zones, and thermostats to the spaces in your model. This video uses the OpenStudio SketchUp plugin. |
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (Site, Facility, and Basic Run) | - | - | This video goes into the OpenStudio application, adds weather data, shows the outline view in the facility tab and then runs a simulation with ideal air loads. |
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (Space Types, Internal Loads, and Schedules) | - | - | This video demonstrates how you can inspect, alter, and apply resource objects in OpenStudio. |
| OpenStudio 0.9 New Features (Constructions, Materials and the Building Component Library) | - | - | This video demonstrates the new construction and material editor in OpenStudio 0.9.0 as well as the integrated Building Component Library functionality. |
| OpenStudio 0.8 Basic Workflow Guide (HVAC - Zone Equipment, Air Loops, and Plant Loops) | - | - | This video shows you how to add HVAC systems, it introduces the variable and scripts tab, and then runs a simulation with the resulting model. |
| OpenStudio 0.9 New Features (Service Hot Water) | - | - | This video shows you how to create models using service hot water. This includes hot water heaters, water use connections, water use equipment, and other associated objects. |
| - OpenStudio Beginners Tutorial** |
| Name of Video | Date Published | Subject | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creating Geometry with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in - Part 1 | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows you how to create an EnergyPlus zone and draw heat transfer surfaces inside of the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in. |
| Creating Geometry with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in part 2 | 2010.12.14 | - | This video describes how to make shading and interior partition surfaces. |
| Setting Surface Matching and Outside Boundary Conditions with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in | 2010.12.14 | - | This video demonstrates the surface matching tool and outside boundary conditions. |
| Setting Surface Constructions with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in | 2010.12.14 | - | This video demonstrates using the default constructions dialog box to setup air walls, and also show you how to import constructions from another IDF or OSM file. |
| Group and Surface Searching with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows you how to use SketchUp’s outliner window to search zones and groups, and also shows you how to use the OpenStudio Surface Search tool to search through individual surfaces by name or other attributes. |
| Adding Zone Loads and Ideal Loads Air Systems with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows how to add internal loads and an ideal loads air system into your OpenStudio model. |
| Adding Daylighting Controls Objects and Illuminance Maps with the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows you how to place and make use of Daylighting Controls objects and Illuminance Maps. |
| Running EnergyPlus Simulations from the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in - Part 1 | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows you how to run an EnergyPlus simulation from within the OpenStudio SketchUp plug-in. |
| Running EnergyPlus Simulations from the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in - Part 2 | 2010.12.14 | - | This video shows you how to use the RDD file to add requests for output variables to your simulation run. It also shows you how to search the EnergyPlus documentation to learn at what frequencies the variables can be reported. |
| Viewing Simulation Results in the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in and ResultsViewer | 2010.12.15 | - | This video shows you how to view time series EnergyPlus simulation results in the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in and the OpenStudio ResultsViewer. |
| Viewing Tabular Simulation Results with OpenStudio | 2010.12.15 | - | This video shows you how to view tabular simulation results. The data is in an HTM file created by EnergyPlus. You can launch it manually or through the OpenStudio SketchUp Plug-in, RunManager, or the ResultsViewer Application. |
OpenStudio Coalition
- Resources for the OpenStudio Application**
| Name of Video | Date Published | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| What is OpenStudio? - Introduction video | 2025.04.17 | 0-Meta |
| Using the Parametric Analysis Tool PAT with the OpenStudio App, Part 1 | 2020.06.21 | - |
| Using the Parametric Analysis Tool PAT with the OpenStudio App, Part 2 | 2020.06.21 | - |
| Creating Geometry in the OpenStudio App with Floorspace.js | 2020.06.21 | 6-Geometry |
| Energy Modeling 101 OpenStudio Application A-Z | 2020.06.21 | - |
Harshul Singhal - Building Science
- Building Energy Modeling in OpenStudio**
PSD (Performance Systems Development)
- Building Energy Modeling in OpenStudio**
| Name of Video | Date Published | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Energy Modeling with OpenStudio - PSD Webinar | 2014.01.20 | - |
Wassim Jabi
- TopologicEnergy for Blender**
| Name of Video | Date Published | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| TopologicEnergyBlender Part01 | 2021.09.02 | - |
| TopologicEnergyBlender Part02 | 2021.09.02 | - |
| TopologicEnergyBlender Part03 | 2021.09.02 | - |
| Transferring Custom Properties from Blender to Topologic | 2021.09.05 | - |
| Using topologicpy for Building Energy Analysis | 2023.04.07 | - |
| Energy Analysis Using TopologicPy and Viktor.AI | 2023.04.30 | - |